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IMPROVEMENT IN BOILER FEEDERS.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE T. PARRY, of the oit and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic l'.lfleeders for Steam Generators; and do' hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, 'and exact description of the same, reference being had tof the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which-f Figure 1 isan elevation partly in section.

Figure 2 is a vertical section showing the steam val e.

The same letters are used in both figures inthe indication of parts which are iden-tical.`

A represents the steam generator, and B the feeder, which is a cylinder of boiler iron or other suitable material, made air-tight, and having an elongation, B,'smaller than the b ody of' the cylinder, and placed below the centre thereof. The generator A and feeder B are connected by two pipes, C and-D. The former is introduced into the generator at the most convenient point in the top or end thereof. It is curved downwards, and entering the extension of the feeder B', terminates in-'a'small orice to which the pipe gradually tapers. The otherend of thefpipe is 'carried through the shell of the generator and terminates, with its mouth down, at the level at which it is desired to maintain the water in the generator. The pipe D connects 'with the generator at or near the bottom thereof, at which point is placed a check-valve, and is extended under the extension B of the generator, opening immediately below and neary to the orifice C of the pipe C. The water may be supplied to the feeder either through a pipe in whichis placed an inwardly opening-valve, or the supply maybe regulated by a valve to be opened by a ioat when the water in the feeder rea'ches a point below the low-water level, which valve will again b e closed when the water is again raised to the proper level.

The action of the apparatus is as follows: supposing the boiler to'be filled and steam raised, the water standing above the mouth of the pipe C; the pressure of' the steam will force the Water through the pipe C into the feeder B, which can only be filled to the point at which the expansive force of the compressed air in the feeder will equal and counterbalance the pressure of the steam. When by the use of the steam formed in the generator, the water has'fallen below the level of the mouth of the pipe C, the steam will enter the pipe, driving out the water, and issuing in avjet from the orifice C?, which being driven violently into'the open mouth of the pipe D, (which may be funnel formed-,) will generate a currentot water flowing through that pipe intov the boilerthrough the inwardly opening check-valve. When the water has thus been, raised above the mouth'H of the pipe C, this action will cease to be repeated as soon as the wateragain falls below the level of the mouth/ of the pipe C. The waste of, water drawn from the feeder B will be supplied by a stream fiowing into it from the reservoir. I have 'shown another mode of arranging the steam pipe. The pipe F instead of the pipe C may enter the generator, terminating with an extension Gl, which has on each side, and opposite one another, verticalV slots. The loat G is attached to a sliding collar moving freely on the extension Gl of the pipe F. To this collar is attached a conical valve, G2, which shuts into a valve-seit, F, in the end oi' the pipe F. The valve is attached to a rod passing through the slots in the extension Gl, and is fastened to the sliding collar. 'lhe float G is so placed that when it falls below the lowwater'level rn the generator, it shall open the valve, andclose it again as it rises. The. principle of its operation is preciselyas explained with regard tothe open pipe C.

What I claim as my'invention, and desire to secure by'Letters Patent`is- `1. In combination with the generator and feeder B, I claim the pipe C- with its orifice C', and the pipe D, when arranged to operate substantially as described. v l

'2. In combination with the generator A andfeeder B,`I claini the pipes D and C F, and iloat G and valve, arranged to operate substantially as descrihed.- i

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification 1n the `presence of two subscribing witnesses..

GEORGE T. PARRY.

Witnesses:

R. MASON, i C. F. GLAUSEN. 

